The Hilton bracelet dates back to the late Bronze Age and has been valued at £1,200.
A museum is hoping to acquire a Bronze Age bracelet to keep it for research in the county where it was found.The artefact is going through the Treasure process and has been valued at £1,200. Dorset Museum said it had so far raised £720.
The gold bracelet appears to have been deliberately cut and folded around itself before being put in the ground - an act believed to have some social meaning during the Bronze Age when many metal objects were modified before being deposited. It said the bracelet was also significant because the majority of finds of Bronze Age gold and bronze objects have so far been recovered from the north-east of the county, around Cranborne Chase.
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